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| birth_place = [[Gorakhpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
| occupation = Educator, Psychologist, Social Scientist, Writer, Editor and Currently vice chancellor, [[Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya]]
| education = M.A., Ph.D. in Psychology
| notableworks = Psychology and Societal Development: Paradigmatic and Social Concerns
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| awards = National award in the field of social science for the year 2009, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh, India
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'''Girishwar Misra''' (born 21 April 1951) is a social scientist, psychologist and author from India. He obtained an [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] and Ph.D. in Psychology from [[Gorakhpur University]]. He started his career as lecturer in psychology at Lecturer, Gorakhpur University in 1970. Thereafter he remained Reader at [[Allahabad University]] (1979-1983), Professor, [[Bhopal University]] (1983-1993), before joining as Professor, [[Delhi University]] in 1993, where he served for the rest of his career.<ref name="icssr"/>

In 1991-1992, Misra was a [[Fulbright Fellow]] in the United States at [[Swarthmore College]] and at the [[University of Michigan]].<ref name=ier2014>{{cite news|last1=Anonymous|title=Girishwar Misra appointed VC of Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University |url=http://www.indiaeducationreview.com/news/girishwar-misra-appointed-vc-mahatma-gandhi-international-hindi-university |accessdate=2 January 2016 |work=[[India Education Review]]|date=3 September 2014}}</ref><ref name=misgerg93>{{cite journal|last1=Misra |first1=Girishwar |last2=Gergen |first2=Kenneth J. |authorlink2=Kenneth J. Gergen |title=On the Place of Culture in Psychological Science |journal=[[International Journal of Psychology]] |date=April 1993 |volume=28 |issue=2 |pages=225–243 |doi=10.1080/00207599308247186}}</ref>{{rp|225}}

He was the vice chancellor of [[Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya]] in [[Wardha]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]].<ref>
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|title=कुलपति संदेश (Message of Vice Chancellor)
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Professor Misra is the chief editor of the fifth [[ICSSR]] Survey of Psychology published by [[Indian Council of Social Science Research]] (ICSSR).<ref name="icssr">{{cite web|url=http://www.icssr.org/bio_girishwar.htm|title=Prof. Girishwar Misra|work=[[Indian Council of Social Science Research]]|publisher=icssr.org|accessdate=2014-09-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011150406/http://www.icssr.org/bio_girishwar.htm|archive-date=11 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
For 15 years, until the end of 2015, he was editor of ''[[Psychological Studies]]'',<ref name="springer">{{cite web|url=https://www.springer.com/psychology/psychology+general/journal/12646 |title=Psychological Studies |publisher=springer.com |accessdate=2014-09-04}}</ref><ref name="misra15ed">{{cite journal|last1=Misra |first1=Girishwar |title=Editorial |journal=Psychological Studies |date=30 January 2016 |volume=60 |issue=4 |pages=371–372 |doi=10.1007/s12646-016-0352-z|doi-access=free }}</ref> a journal of the [[National Academy of Psychology]], India.<ref>http://www.naopindia.org/</ref>
As of 2016, he was continuing as the special issue editor of ''Psychological Studies''.<ref name="suar16ed">{{cite journal |last1=Suar |first1=Damodar |title=Editorial |journal=Psychological Studies |date=12 April 2016 |volume=61 |issue=1 |pages=1 |doi=10.1007/s12646-016-0353-y}}</ref>

He has been one of the leaders of the emerging field of [[Indian psychology]].

==Award==
National award in the field of social science for the year 2009, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh, India<ref name="indiatimes">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/Madhya-Pradesh-government-anounces-names-of-science-awardees/articleshow/15700140.cms|title=Madhya Pradesh government announces names of science awardees - The Times of India|publisher=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|accessdate=2014-09-04}}</ref>

==Works in English==
* ''Psychological Consequences of Prolonged Deprivation (with L. B. Tripathi)''
* ''Deprivation: Its Social Roots and Psychological Consequences (with D. Sinha and R. C. Tripathi)''
* ''Perspectives on Indigenous Psychology (with A. K. Mohanty)''
* ''Psychological Perspectives on Health and Stress, Psychology of Poverty and Social Disadvantage (with A. K. Mohanty)''
* ''Applied Social Psychology in India, New Directions in Indian Psychology, Vol. 1: Social Psychology (with A. K. Dalal)''
* ''Towards a Culturally Relevant Psychology (with J. Prakash)''
* ''Rethinking Intelligence (with A. K. Srivastava)''<ref>Hardcover: 258 pages
Publisher: Concept Publishing Co (1 December 2007)
Language: English
{{ISBN|978-8180693397}}</ref>
* ''Psychology and Societal Development: Paradigmatic and Social Concerns''<ref>Published by Concept, New Delhi, 2006
{{ISBN|9788180692895}}</ref>

==Works in Hindi==
* ''Bal apradh''
* ''Taki usaka Bachapan vapas mil sake''
* ''Ek vikas shil desh main manovigyan: Bhartiya anubhava (Hindi Translation of D. Sinha’s book entitled “Psychology in a third world country''

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140904201018/http://www.indiaeducationreview.com/news/girishwar-misra-appointed-vc-mahatma-gandhi-international-hindi-university/16848 Girishwar Misra appointed VC of Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University]
*[http://www.icpr.in/pGiriswar-misra.html Indian Council of Philosophical Research]

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